. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. THE ASPHODEL. abounds with the white species. Persephone was wandering with her companions in the fields of Enna : there, in the meadow, sprung up a narcissus of marvellous beauty. Per- sephone saw it, longed to gather it, hastened away from her friends and put forth her hand to pluck the flower, when lo! the earth opened, and Pluto seized the young goddess and bore her in his golden chariot to his palace in Hades, where he made her his mournful bride and queen of his domains. The Asphodel
. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. THE ASPHODEL. abounds with the white species. Persephone was wandering with her companions in the fields of Enna : there, in the meadow, sprung up a narcissus of marvellous beauty. Per- sephone saw it, longed to gather it, hastened away from her friends and put forth her hand to pluck the flower, when lo! the earth opened, and Pluto seized the young goddess and bore her in his golden chariot to his palace in Hades, where he made her his mournful bride and queen of his domains. The Asphodel was dedicated to Persephone, as if in memory of her sad abduction, and by the ancients was much used in funeral ceremonies. The Shades, who have passed beyond the river Acheron, roam about over vast fields covered with this flower, and there they drink of the waters of the river of oblivion. Longfellow, in a few verses called "The Two Angels," gives a curious conceit, wherein he combines the Asphodel and the Amaranth:— " Two Angels, one of Life, and one of Death, Passed o'er the village as the morning broke ; ****** And one was crowned with Amaranth, as with flame, And one with Asphodels, like flakes of hght. ****** And he who wore the crown of Asphodels, Descending at my door, began to knock; And my soul sank within me ****** The door I opened to my heavenly guest. And listened ****** i8. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tyas, Robert, 1811-1879. London, New York, G. Routledge and sons
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